Improvement in bedsteads



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Biedsteads.

Patnted March 25, E873.

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Witness AM PHGTO-L mm siwmc ca IV. (exam/E's moms!) UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

FREDERIO Gr. FORD, OF BRIDGETON, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BEDSTEADS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERIO G. FORD, of Bridgeton, in the county ofCumberland and in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bedstead; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the-letters of referencemarked thereon makin g a part of this specification.

In hotels, boarding-houses, and other similar places where largebedsteads are used, it takes two persons to clean a bedstead whiletaking it apart and putting it together again. The object of myinvention is to enable one person to attend to this; and, to this end,the nature of my invention consists in hinging or pivoting a leg to thecenter of each side rail, so that they can be let down to support thebedstead when either end piece is removed. It also consists in one ormore hooked rods or bars inserted in the staples on side rails of thebedstead, connecting the same, all of which will be hereinafter morefully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective view of my bedstead.

A A represent the end pieces with posts B B, and O O the side rails, ofa bedstead constructed in any of the known and usual Ways. The siderails O O and the posts B B may be connected together by any of thefastenings in use, as this forms no part of my invention. In the centerof each rail 0 is hinged or pivoted a leg, D, which may be made ofmetal,

as shown, or of wood, and, when folded up, let into the rail, or in anysuitable way, so that they can be thrown down and support the rails wheneither of the end pieces is re moved. One person can then easily removeeither end for cleaning, and then replace it again, without anyassistance;

I do not confine myself to any particular construction or mode ofapplication of the legs D D, only so that they can be folded up andthrown down when needed.

When cleaning the bedstead and the slats are removed, one of the endpiecesbeing also removed, the side rails will wabble back and forth. Toprevent this I use a rod or bar, G, with a hook, at, at each end to beinserted in a staple, b, on the side rail, thus connecting the siderails together. Such rods or bars, whether of wood or metal, with hooksand staples, as described, may be used throughout the entire bedstead inplace of the usual slats.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the hinged or pivoted legs D I) on the rails O O, andone or more connectingrods, G, substantially as and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this21st day of January, 1873.

' FREDERIG FORD.

Witnesses:

SAMUEL T. STRONG, ISAAC B. DARE.

